Women's Basketball Weekly Release - Week 5

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Ancient Eight went a
collective 5-8 last week in yet another busy non-conference slate
of action. Princeton (5-2) picked up a pair of wins, topping
previously unbeaten Delaware along with Rider, while Harvard (4-2)
earned a win in its home-opener, topping Hartford, 85-61.

Dartmouth (3-4) won its third straight and Brown (3-6) beat
Florida to round out last week’s wins.

Eleven games are on this week’s schedule, beginning with
Fairleigh Dickinson traveling to Yale Monday. Seven of the 11 games
are home contests for the Ivy squads, who are currently an even 7-7
on their home courts this year.

PLAYER OF THE WEEKNiveen Rasheed (Danville, Calif.) earns her
second Player of the Week honor and the fourth in five weeks for
Princeton. The sophomore guard led Princeton in scoring as the
Tigers went 2-0 on the week and improve to 5-2 on the season. On
Wednesday, Rasheed recorded a double-double against previously
unbeaten Delaware. She scored 17 points and had a team-high 14
rebounds. She added four assists and three steals in the win. On
Sunday, she scored a season-high 22 points in an 87-45 win over
Rider. She shot 9-for-14 from the floor and hit all four of her
free throws. She added two assists, one block and one steal.
Rasheed did all of this in 20 minutes and was taken out of the game
to allow her teammates time on the court. Rasheed averaged 18.5
points and 9.5 rebounds during the week and now leads the League in
scoring at 16.1 ppg.

Rasheed’s Statistics for the Week

MIN

FG-A

PCT

3FG-A

PCT

FT-A

PCT

REB

A

B

S

PTS

at Delaware

29

5-14

.357

0-0

.000

7-8

.875

14

4

0

3

17

vs. Rider

20

9-14

.643

0-0

.000

4-4

1.000

5

2

1

1

20

TOTALS

49

14-28

.500

0-0

.000

11-12

.917

9.5

2.0

0.5

2.0

18.5

ROOKIE OF THE WEEKChristine Clark (Tucson, Ariz.) scored her second
Rookie of the Week honor after helping Harvard win its 2010-11 home
opener last week.

The freshman guard scored in double figures for the fifth
straight game, putting up 11 points in the Crimson’s win
against Hartford. She went 4-for-6 from the field, including a
1-for-1 effort from long range and a perfect 2-for-2 from the
charity stripe. She grabbed three rebounds and two steals in the
win as well.

Through seven games, Clark is averaging 11 ppg, fourth best on
her team, along with 3.7 rpg.